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Name:
Melvin Lee Davis
Capabilities:
Proficient at 4,5,6, and 7 String Basses, Fretted and Fretless,
Acoustic Bass, Synth Bass, Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals.
Main
Instrument: Ken Smith Custom MD7 String Contra Bass Guitar
Personal:
Creative, open-minded, enjoys meeting people, highly expressive on
stage, punctual, willing and able to travel.
Preferred
Styles of Music: (as labeled by the music industry)
- Gospel
- Blues
- Jazz
(Swing/Be-Bop)
-
Contemporary Jazz
- R &
B (Rhythm & Blues)
- Pop
- Soul /
Funk
- Hip Hop
- Touring
and Single Performances with:
- Currently: Chaka Khan •
Lee Ritenour • Gerald Albright & Norman Brown
2009-10 Metro • The
Simon Phillips Group • Gerald
Albright & Kirk Whalum • Lee Ritenour & Friends Featuring
Patrice Rushen,
Will Kennedy, John Beasley,
Oscar Seaton, Melvin Lee
- 2008: Eric
Marienthal & Chuck Loeb, George Duke, Everette Harp
- 2007: Queen Latifah,
Lee
Ritenour, Patrice Rushen, Gerald Albright, Eric Benet, Michael Paulo
- 2006: Robben Ford,
Gerald Albright, Lee Ritenour
2005: Gerald Albright,
Eric Marienthal
2004:
David Benoit and Russ Freeman Project II, Lee Ritenour
- 2003: Matt
Goss UK Tour
- 2003:
Jeff Kashiwa & Coastal Access • Lee Ritenour • Eric Marienthal •
Phil
Perry • The Braxton Brothers • Paul Taylor • Chuck Loeb • Huge Groove •
- Jeff Lorber • Gerald
Albright • AB
- 2002:
Doves Of Fire w/Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Jeff Babko. Rufus
featuring Chaka Khan • Lee Ritenour • Jeff Kashiwa & Coastal
Access
- 2001:
Chaka Khan • Lee Ritenour • Jeff Kashiwa & Coastal Access
- 1999:
Performed with "The Simon Phillips Group"
- 1996:
George Duke
- 1995:
The Lee Ritenour/Larry Carlton Project
- 1990-1997:
Lee Ritenour
- 1994-1995:
World tour with Bryan Ferry
- 1994:
David Benoit and Russ Freeman Project
- 1989-1997:
Chaka Khan
- 1985-1993:
The Pointer Sisters
- 1976-1987:
O'Bryan
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- Production:
- Mark Stephens's "Up
coming CD release (co-produced, engineered
and mixed at
The Bassment Studio)
- Eric
Marienthal's "Sweet Talk" (co-produced, engineered and mixed at
The Bassment Studio)
- Nature's
Serenade (recorded, produced and
mixed at
The Bassment Studio)
- Tomorrow's
Yesterdays (recorded, produced and mixed at
The Bassment Studio)
- Variations
In Time (recorded, produced and
mixed at
The Bassment Studio)
HomeLand
(recorded, produced and mixed at The Bassment Studio)
Genre:Music
(recorded, produced and mixed at the Bassment Studio)
- Television
Performances:
- Rosie
O'Donnell Show
- Oprah
Winfrey Show
- The
Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
- Late
Night with David Letterman
- The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- NBC's
"Up all night with the Pointer Sisters"
- "Eye On
L.A." w/ Pointer Sisters
- Arsenio
Hall Show;
- Soul
Train
- NBC's
Fraiser,
- Cheers
- The
Danny Baker Show (London)
- Show,Show,Show
(Korea)
- Hard
Rock Live VH-1
- Howey
Mandell Show
- HBO
Special "Sinbad Funk Fest"
- HBO's
"The Chris Rock Show"
- Motown
Live!
- BET's
"Jazz Central"
EBS TV Live!! (Korea)
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- Motion
Picture Recordings & Performances:
- "Coming To America"
Starring Eddie Murphy
& Arsenio Hall
"Even Money" Starring Kim Basinger & Danny DeVito
"One For The Money" Starring Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel
Sunjata, Sherri Shepherd
January 2012
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A lil'bit more about Melvin:
Los
Angeles native Melvin Lee Davis was
discovered at the tender age of 16 by Buddy Miles, when a horn player
from Buddy Miles' band heard Melvin playing in a local club. Buddy
Miles flew Davis to New York to audition for his band and immediately
hired him. After playing the New York club circuit, Melvin found
himself working with Don Cornelius of Soul Train. He has toured and
recorded with Chaka Khan, the Pointer Sisters, Lee Ritenour, Bryan
Ferry, David Benoit, Larry Carlton, Patti Austin, Gladys Knight, and
many other top acts. Davis wrote the theme for the TV show "The Party
Machine" and "Soul Train's A Coming" and has appeared on "Johnny
Carson", "David Letterman", "Jay Leno", and "Arsenio Hall." Melvin has
travelled the world and continues to be in high demand across many
genres of music because of his incredible talent and positive demeanor
on and off stage.
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